Wally, Hope the cruise was awesome! From what I have read, the new Xantrex stuff is garbage! Luckily, I have not been shopping for a charger - yet.
Joel On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > Wow. 973 Messages...I've been away from the dock too long. <VBG> > > Speaking of the dock, I spent most of last year being a marina rat. We > had two spectacular electrical fires, where a dockbox exploded due to bad > wiring. There are no electrical codes down here, and the first repair was > done by committeemade up of marina security guards. Really. I was inside > my boatand saw the reverse polarity light going on and off and turning dim, > so stuck my head out to see what the heck was going on. Six guys were > standing in a puddle of salt water, splicing new wire directly onto the > spot where the fire started, while the entire dock circuit was live. > Welcome to Mexico. Therepair was then wrapped with an entire roll of duct > tape. Naturally, the next time a boat plugged in, the repair exploded and > caught on fire again. > > While my Freedommarine charger still outputs a charge, all the stuff that > managed the 3 stage charging, as well as the monitoring circuits in my Link > 2000, are scrambled. So I'm starting to think about what's next. > > I haven't really been watching the technology changes in the last 10 > years, but believe that there's new 'pulse' technology and better stuff > than Xantrex. > > Any recommendations in the 50A range, 110V 60Hz? > > Wal > > -- > s/v Stella Blue > www.wbryant.com > > > ______________________________**_________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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